UAS System Engineer – ArduPilot & Flight Control
Core
System engineer for ArduPilot-based unmanned aircraft systems (multirotor and fixed-wing), bridging aircraft dynamics, flight control logic, sensor integration, and software implementation to ensure stable flight behavior and resolve system-level issues.
Role type
Senior IC UAS System Engineer (Flight Control & Avionics)
Builds
ArduPilot-based unmanned aircraft systems (multirotor and fixed-wing platforms) (via careerplan.io/jobs/AA-005-74-B6D-uas-system-engineer-ardupilot-flight-control-at-airobotics)
Domain
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) / Flight Control Systems / Avionics
Required skills
ArduPilot system engineering, flight dynamics, flight control architecture, PID tuning, sensor integration (IMU, GNSS, air-data), flight log analysis, root-cause analysis, system requirements translation, avionics integration, embedded software interface definition, multidisciplinary system engineering
Preferred skills
Multirotor and fixed-wing platform experience, ArduPilot source code modification, MAVLink interfaces, SITL/HIL simulation, Python/MATLAB scripting, high-performance aircraft experience, flight-test engineering